Saint Augustine of Hippo (; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430 AD) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian, doctor of the Church, and Neoplatonic philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of the Western Church and Western philosophy, and indirectly all of Western Christianity. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church for his writings in the Patristic Period. Among his most important works are The City of God, De doctrina Christiana, and Confessions.
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Date of birth | 13 November 354
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Place of birth | Thagaste, Numidia (modern-day Souk Ahras, Algeria)
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Date of death | 28 August 430
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Age | 75 (age at death)
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Place of death | Hippo Regius, Annaba, Algeria
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